Research Studies

What’s Ahead for Jobs? Five Disruptions to Watch in 2018

This year was a landmark year for hiring. Despite two major hurricanes and political friction in Washington, D.C., the U.S. economy forged ahead in 2017, adding 1.9 million new jobs (as of November) and the nation’s unemployment rate seeing a 17-year low. Although the year was good for many workers, average wages remained flat and job growth remained sharply divided for others. As the labor market continues to change, what are the next big disruptors in jobs and hiring?

At Glassdoor, we have a unique point of view on the future of work and hiring, with access to millions of real-time job listings, salaries, and company reviews. That allows us to keep a pulse on what’s happening in jobs, recruiting, and company culture, and offer insights into what’s coming next in the labor market.

We’ve selected five big trends we observed in hiring in 2017, and five big disruptions we see coming in 2018 and beyond to the fast-changing world of work and hiring, including: